Glendalis — A Lyrical Portrait of Youth and Community by Angela Cappetta
Glendalis is the latest photobook by Angela Cappetta, available now for pre-order from L’Artiere. This beautifully realized volume immerses viewers in the pre-gentrified Lower East Side through a poetic lens—intimate, multi-generational, and richly human.
Through photographs centered on a young protagonist named Glendalis, Cappetta revisits her own upbringing—“like me, she whispered in the voice of a last-born”—exploring themes of family, belonging, transformation, and memory. The photos are neither nostalgia nor documentary in the traditional sense, but tender visual stories crafted from shared history and collective identity.
Quiet spaces, worn staircases, familial rituals and fleeting expressions all converge to evoke a neighborhood on the cusp of disappearance and change. Glendalis offers a visual language of remembrance, community resilience, and the poetic weight of shared roots.
Order Glendalis now at L’Artiere and carry with you a meditation on youth, place, and the enduring ties that define us.
